13/06/18: The Church of England Education Office has published a report Embracing Change: Rural and Small Schools in which it re-emphasises the need for small rural schools to `come together in formal groupings` since they cannot continue to operate as stand-alone units.

13/06/18: The pre-key stage 1 and 2 standards, which are mainly for pupils with special educational needs not working at the level of the national curriculum, have been published by the Standards and Testing Agency, ahead of being rolled out in 2018-19.